On January 12, 2017, Universal Corporation announced that David C. Moore, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the company, will be on medical leave of absence, effective immediately. Other executive officers of the company will assume Mr. Moore's management duties during his absence and will remain in their current positions while carrying out such additional responsibilities. George C. Freeman, III, the Company's Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, will act as the company's principal financial officer as well as its principal executive officer.